pander
Indulge base desires
To pander is to gratify or indulge someone's weaknesses, desires, or prejudices—typically for gain or approval.
Politicians pander to voters, entertainers pander to audiences: The film panders to the lowest common denominator.
A panderer caters to base instincts rather than challenging them.
The noun pander, now rare, originally meant a go-between in sexual intrigues—a pimp.
Prostitution manager
- procurerOne who obtains items
- madamFormal address for women
- ponceMan exploiting prostitutes' earnings
- solicitRequest with persistence
brothel · prostitution · trafficking · sex trade · flesh trade · vice · escort service · red-light
Satisfy a craving
- gratifyGive satisfaction to
- satisfyMeet a need fully
- caterSupply food professionally
- appealFormal review request
base instincts · lowest common denominator · sensationalism · tabloid · clickbait · cheap thrills · vulgar · prurient
Seek another's approval
- fawnYoung deer, or flatter
- butter upFlatter insincerely for advantage
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- sycophantServile praise-giver
obsequious · toady · flatterer · bootlicker · brownnose · schmooze · gush · overpraise
pimp
Prostitution manager
solicit · brothel · prostitution · trafficking · sex trade · flesh trade · vice · escort service · red-light · john
indulge
Satisfy a craving
appeal · base instincts · lowest common denominator · sensationalism · tabloid · clickbait · cheap thrills · vulgar · prurient · titillate
ingratiate
Seek another's approval
- fawnYoung deer, or flatter
- butter upFlatter insincerely for advantage
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
sycophant · obsequious · toady · flatterer · bootlicker · brownnose · schmooze · gush · overpraise · soft-soap
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- Shakespeare phrasesto be or not to be, et tu Brute, all the world's a stage, out damned spot, friends Romans countrymen
panderchallenge
Test of ability
speak truth to power · provoke · confront · level with · educate